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Libor Smoldas
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Libor Šmoldas was born on February 17, 1982 in Olomouc, but has lived inPrague since his childhood. He devoted himself to music at an early age,starting with the recorder and trumpet, then beginning to play guitar when hewas twelve. After initial forays into rock and blues he began to take aninterest in jazz, mainly due to his fascination with the recordings of CharlieParker. At sixteen he was already appearing in Prague jazz clubs with theblues band of American singer Phil Speat, as well as at Sunday jam sessionsat U Malého Glena. He took guitar lessons from Josef Kůstka, Luboš Andršt,Zdeněk Fišer and Petr Zelenka. After finishing primary school he attended theEvropská High School of Music in Prague before being admitted to the jazzguitar department of the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory as a student of Jiř�-Šindler in 2001. Two years later he transferred into the Conservatory’snewly-opened Post-Secondary School, which is directed by Jarom�-r Honzák.There he studied under Petr Binder, Josef Štěpánek and David Dorůžka; aftergraduating he himself became a professor of guitar, ensemble performanceand rhythm training.
Riddle Diddle: The Prague Sessions
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Wherever You Go;
Riddle Diddle;
Duplicity;
A Cutting Remark;
Bluebottles;
Barrenjoey Boogaloo;
Bowen’s Lament;
Blues For Bobby Pierce;
What The Doctor Ordered;
The Catch-Up;
Claudia’s Song.
Intuition
Label: New Port Line
Released: 2013
Track listing: Mike's Song; In Case You Missed It; Off The Playground; 5:15 In The
Morning; Ferry Tale; Letter Home; Side Steps; Twists and Turns.
Skip Wilkins Quartet: Czech Dreams
by Edward Blanco
World-class jazz pianist Skip Wilkins regularly splits his time between Eastern Pennsylvania--where he teaches at Lafayette College in Easton--and Central Europe where he recently spent fifteen months in Prague. Czech Dreams, dedicated to the Czech people, is a result of touring throughout the Czech Republic and Germany and cementing his relationship with friend and Prague-based guitarist ...
Libor Smoldas Quartet & Bobby Watson: Intuition
by Edward Blanco
One of Europe's rising young jazz star is Prague-based guitarist/composer and educator Libor Smoldas who unveils his fifth album as leader with the highly accessible Intuition featuring an all-Czech Republic quartet with alto saxophonist great Bobby Watson appearing as guest. Recorded at the end of the group's Czech tour, the album is in a sense, a ...
Libor Smoldas: Intuition and Dreamtime
by Chris Mosey
Libor Smoldas is one of the best jazz guitarists the Czech Republic has produced in recent years. He plays extremely fluent, straight ahead music in the Jim Hall tradition, with overtones of Kenny Burrell. He is more relaxed, less intense than his contemporary, David Doruzka, best known of the current crop of Czech jazz guitarists. Smoldas ...
Libor Smoldas Quartet: Live At Jazz Dock
by Dan Bilawsky
Czech guitarist Libor Smoldas doesn't buy into the idea that music is simply meant to be a product for commerce. While Smoldas peddles some of his recorded wares like the rest of the performing musicians out there, his third album--Live At Jazz Dock--is actually free for the taking for anybody who wants to visit his website ...
Live At Jazz Dock
Label: Animal Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: Christopher's Dance; Blues In The Shower; The Quest; Tram Line 57; One For Kenny Burrell; Levitation; J.T. Blues; Lydian Blues; Funky Piece.
In New York On Time
Label: Animal Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Get Me To The Church On Time; Lydian Blues; Autumn In Three; I Could
Have Danced All Night; I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face; Who's Got
Rhythm; Wes For Pres; Tram Line; Wouldn't It Be Lovely; Brazilian
Impressions.
Libor Smoldas: In New York On Time
by Dan Bilawsky
Guitarist Libor Šmoldas is a known entity within the Prague jazz scene, but In New York On Time should help him to significantly expand his fan base beyond the borders of the Czech Republic. While Šmoldas has largely worked with Czech musicians in a variety of groups, including his trio and quartet which focus on his ...
